If you are reading these lines, it means you lovechocolate! And a chocolate cake will not leave any such lover indifferent. Or are you not an amateur, but almost a professional? Then a chocolate sponge cake is what you need. Baking such a cake with or without a reason will not be difficult for you, and having enjoyed it, you will experience a real choco-lover's pleasure. All that remains is to choose a recipe and get down to business. Let's begin?
Cake "Fairy tales of the Viennese forest"
The recipe, as you understand, is Austrian. And this cake is prepared on butter sponge cake and turns out exquisite and unusually tasty. Ingredients:
- 6 eggs
- A glass of flour
- A glass of sugar
- One and a half tiles of dark chocolate
- Tablespoon with a slide of powdered sugar
- 150 g of margarine
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 3 tablespoons apricot jam
For the glaze:
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- Chocolate bar
- 5 tablespoons of powdered sugar
- 4 tablespoons of boiling water
Preparation:Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Grind the sugar with the softened margarine and, adding one yolk at a time and continuing to grind, make sure the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour the liquid chocolate into this mixture, add the powdered sugar and cream. Now sift the flour and gradually add it to the mixture, kneading the dough. Beat the egg whites in a separate bowl until thick and firm and put them into the dough one tablespoon at a time, stirring it carefully. Turn on the oven and prepare a baking pan, greasing it with butter or margarine and sprinkling it with flour. Pour the dough into the pan and put it in the oven, where we leave it to bake at moderate heat for an hour. Remove the finished sponge cake from the oven and cool it right in the pan, then transfer it to a plate, cover the entire cake with apricot jam and put it in the refrigerator. While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. Break the chocolate bar into pieces and place them in a saucepan. Add boiling water and heat over low heat until the chocolate is completely dissolved. Then remove the saucepan from the heat, add powdered sugar and butter to the chocolate and grind until smooth. Cover the entire cake with the still warm glaze and put it back in the refrigerator to let the glaze harden.
Cake "Tiramisu"
We will make this cake from ready-made sponge cakes and ice cream. Quite an unusual recipe for our kitchen, isn't it? Ingredients:
- 4 biscuit cakes
- One third of a glass of black coffee
- 500 g of coffee ice cream
- 250 g chocolate ice cream
- Chocolate bar.
Preparation:If you cannot buy coffee or chocolate ice cream, you can make it yourself. To do this, simply add instant coffee (dry) or cocoa powder to white creamy ice cream. So, let's assume that you already have ice cream and start making the cake. Brew real coffee from ground coffee beans and cool it. Take a form with detachable sides or cover a regular form with cling film. Put the first cake layer on the bottom and pour cooled coffee over it. Put half of the coffee ice cream on the cake layer, smooth it over the entire surface and cover with the second sponge cake layer. Soak it in coffee and spread with chocolate ice cream. Put the third cake layer on top, soak it and spread with the remaining coffee ice cream. Cover with the last sponge cake, tighten with cling film and put in the refrigerator or freezer for about six hours. Place the finished cake on a plate and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
Cake "Chocolate with boiling water"
A very easy to make sponge cake and unexpectedly delicious. And most importantly, it turns out very chocolatey! Ingredients:
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 eggs
- A glass of sugar
- A glass of milk;
- Half a glass of vegetable oil
- A bag of baking powder
- One and a half teaspoons of soda
- 6 tablespoons of cocoa powder
- A packet of vanilla sugar
- A glass of steep boiling water.
Preparation:Pour the eggs into a bowl, add sugar and beat with a mixer. Pour vegetable oil into the mixture and beat well again. Sift the flour, mix it with cocoa, soda, baking powder and vanilla sugar and pour into a bowl. Stir, pour in the milk and stir again. Turn on the oven and heat it to 180 degrees. Grease the baking pan with oil. Now boil the water and pour a glass of boiling water into the dough. Stir, immediately pour the dough into the pan and put it in the oven. Bake the sponge cake for about forty-five minutes, until a dry toothpick comes out clean. Cool the finished sponge cake, cut it into two or three layers and assemble the cake, layering the layers with any cream. One option is chocolate cream made from condensed milk. For this, beat a pack of butter with a can of condensed milk and add two or three tablespoons of cocoa powder.
Cake "Samurai"
A very tasty sponge cake with prunes and soufflé, which is prepared on the basis of a classic sponge cake with the addition of dark chocolate. Ingredients:
- Two tiles of bitter chocolate
- 4 eggs
- A glass of flour
- A glass of sugar
For the soufflé:
- 4 tiles of bitter chocolate
- 2 cup whipping cream
- 150 g prunes
- 2 sachets of gelatin
Preparation: Soak the prunes.For the dough, melt a chocolate bar in a water bath. Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Put the whites in the refrigerator and beat the yolks with sugar until white. Pour the chocolate into the beaten yolks and mix, then gradually add the sifted flour to them and knead the dough. Beat the cooled whites into a thick, firm foam and add them to the dough in small portions, mixing very carefully. Turn on the oven, grease and sprinkle the baking pan with flour and pour the dough into it. Bake the chocolate sponge cake on low heat for about half an hour. While the sponge cake is cooking, make a soufflé. Cut the prunes into small pieces. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and mix it with whipped cream, sugar and prunes. Prepare the gelatin according to the instructions on the package and add it to the chocolate mass. Cool the finished cake without removing it from the mold and pour the soufflé over it. Put the cake in the refrigerator for two hours. After that, take the cake out of the mold, put it on a plate and decorate with chocolate and prunes. Enjoy cooking and bon appetit! We recommend reading:
